Over 50 People Killed as Boko Haram attacks another Borno village

Boko Haram insurgents reportedly invaded Kirawa village of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state on Thursday.

How these attacks happen for over 24 hours and no one knows- is often blamed on destroyed telecommunications masts, destroyed by Boko Haram in those areas.

In this attack, 50 people were reportedly left dead and scores with gunshot wounds. 

It was revealed that the incident took place when traders and buyers were busy observing their market day in Kirawa.

” 53 of our people were shot dead with over 100 injured when a group of terrorists invaded our market square. The market always attracted Cameroonian traders and customers.

” 24 hours after the deadly attack on our market, two female suicide bombers who attempted to detonated their Improvised Explosive Devices strapped on their bodies were arrested by combine team of residents and youth vigilante on Friday after Juma’at prayers,” said an Elder in Kirawa.

Another source from Kirawa, who resides in Maiduguri, said he received a distress call from one of his fleeing family members who crossed over to Cameroon Republic after the attack.

“One of my family member from Kirawa called me on Friday evening that our community have been under deadly attack by insurgents, they had to flee to Cameroon before they get access to telecommunication services as most of the telecom masts in kirawa and other communities Behring mountains (Bayan Dutse) were destroyed last year by terrorists,” Ali Musa Kirawa, a resident of Maiduguri said.